[Discuss] Temporarily disable check for messages in Thunderbird

[Adam Parkin]

R. McFarlane wrote:
> Adam Parkin wrote:
> 
>> Yeah, I knew about this, but it's not really what I had in mind, as if 
>> I do this then I have to check my non-secure accounts manually (hey 
>> that's an extra keystroke/mouse click). =8-p
> 
>     Not true. When you click the get mail button, it checks ALL 
> accounts. Same for using the keyboard shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+T).

That's the extra keystroke/mouse click I was talking about. =8-p

>     I think there is a command line switch for starting up in offline 
> mode. Check the help/manuals and the online mozilla KB. I seem to recall 
> doing something similar with NetScape 4 back in the day.

Will do, thanks.

>     Personally, I use Thunderbird on my computers and I run my own IMAP 
> mail server with TLS/SSL support.
>     I was being sincere, sorry to hear you thought I was being a smart ass.

LOL, sorry I guess I wasn't clear, I didn't think *you* were being a 
smart ass, I thought there would be other anti-Telus people on here who 
would be smart asses by telling me to just ditch the Telus accounts.  I 
actually very much appreciated your reply.
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Adam Parkin
E-mail: pzelnip at telus.net
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